Home Office

Deportation: Afghanistan

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people whose applications to stay in the UK had been refused were returned to Afghanistan in the past five years.

Baroness Williams of Trafford: The Home Office publishes data on the number of returns from the UK in each quarter in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly release’. The latest data are published in Ret_D02 of the Returns detailed tables. (See attached for information) This includes information on the number of people returned to each country. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to the year ending December 2020. Data to the end of March 2021 is due to be published on 26 August.The table below covers the period of Quarter 1 - 2017 to Quarter 1 2021 over the last five years. 2017 Q12017 Q22017 Q32017 Q42018 Q12018 Q22018 Q32018 Q42019 Q12019 Q22019 Q32019 Q42020 Q12020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Grand Total13905119121300512418116561045611036114451043992379004952972071495447950754565The Home Office seeks to return people who do not have any legal right to stay in the UK, which includes people who:enter, or attempt to enter, the UK illegally (including people entering clandestinely and by means of deception on entry);overstay their period of legal right to remain in the UK;breach their conditions of leave;are subject to deportation action; for example, due to a serious criminal conviction andhave been refused asylum.The published data relate to all returns, regardless of reason for return.Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’Returns Data - DO2  (xlsx, 1582.2KB)